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Byrne Dairy opens on Denison Parkway in Corning. See hours, specials.
A new Byrne Dairy off Denison Parkway in Corning opened for business Wednesday, officials said. The project, which initially broke ground in January on a large site that formerly housed a long-vacant Walgreens building at 80 E. Denison Parkway, is open to customers 24 hours a day, seven days a week. A $3.29 gas special is offered at the site at the Denison Parkway location for customers with a membership card until June 28.
After more than 20 years, Corning Museum of Glass ends its free shuttle service
The Corning Museum of Glass (CMoG) has discontinued its free shuttle service. The shuttle connected tourists and visitors of the museum to the shops and restaurants in downtown Corning. Some business owners expressed concern about losing access to thousands of visitors. The glass museum’s shuttle stopped operating on May 23....
Finger Lakes Boating Museum to receive federal funding
HAMMONDSPORT, N.Y. (WETM) — The Finger Lakes Boating Museum in Hammondsport is receiving a federal grant through New York State to help educate visitors on the Erie Canal. The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation (OPRHP) announced that it’s giving a total of $392,500 in federal funding from the National Park […]
Steuben County Public Health is giving out free tick removal kits for county residents and visitors
BATH, N.Y. (WENY)-- The Steuben County Public Health Department is giving away free Tick Removal Kits for county residents and visitors. The warm weather has many itching to get outside and engage in outdoor activities, but warm weather also brings about the threat for ticks and tick-borne diseases. ''These cards...
Corning-Painted Post school district holds revote Tuesday on another proposed budget
The Corning-Painted Post (C-PP) school board held a public hearing on June 11 for a newly proposed, $138,061,969 budget that voters will decide on next week. It will be the second vote for the school district this year. Last month, voters rejected a $139 million proposed budget with a tax...
New vaccination van coming to Steuben County
BATH, N.Y. (WETM) — Rural residents in Steuben County can expect to see a new mobile health van riding around to provide several important health benefits to more secluded residents. The new mobile vaccination van enhances the county’s ability to provide health services throughout the county, especially to remote communities. Some of the services that […]
Residents give input as Corning develops Comprehensive Plan
CORNING, N.Y. (WENY) -- The last time Corning developed a comprehensive plan on the City's future and direction was in 2002. It expired two years ago. Now, officials are in the early stages of writing a new 20-year plan for the future of Corning. Thursday evening, the City of Corning...
Registration now open for Big Flats youth summer program
BIG FLATS, N.Y. (WETM) — Big Flats parents can now sign their kids up for the town’s summer drop-in program. Summer T.A.F.F.Y. (Town Activities For Flats Youths) allows kids aged 5 and up to spend their summers having fun outdoors. Kids participating in the program will spend weekdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. playing, […]
'A great way to end the school year': Pine Valley students keep 20-year tradition alive
SOUTH DAYTON, NY — On Wednesday, the members of the FFA at Pine Valley Jr/Sr. School drove tractors to school, to celebrate agriculture and community. "We're a very rural community and one of the largest districts in the county. It's just neat to have the kids come out and show their support doing this with the tractors and the horses," said Pine Valley Agriculture Teacher Isaac Habermehl.
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